Theoretical framework and experimental procedure for modelling mesoscopic volume fraction stochastic fluctuations in fiber reinforced composites

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5567-5583

  Guilleminot, Johann ^a   Soize, Christian ^b   Kondo, Djimedo ^c   Binetruy, Christophe ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Experimental identification; Karhunen Loeve expansion; Micromechanics; Polynomial chaos expansion; Probabilistic model; Stochastic modelling; Volume fraction

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MICROMECHANICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; VOLUME FRACTION;

EXPERIMENTAL IDENTIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION OF THE PARAMETERS; KARHUNEN LOEVE EXPANSION; MACROSCOPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICRO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIAL CHAOS EXPANSION; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; STOCHASTIC FLUCTUATION;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 51449119852     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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